Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-19

otone Tor CoDv. Perley had much difficulty
IN getting the balls low enough for him.
The lawyers did not succeed in covering
themselves with glory when they came TO the
bat.
Inc NTH innings were not distinguished by
anv very startling event of PLAYING. Chase
GOT out on foul, the ball striking a dog.
Cornish held pretty fly from Hunts ba .
Cornish was escorted to the tent. On going
TO the bat ne made base hit and on running
to third slid to the bag, bat on arising was
put out by Soule who deceived him by false
motion.
In the sixth innings the first man was
wounded. On throw to first base after Mil
llkens strike. the bail slipped through The
Attorney Generals hands and struck him
solidly on the left eye. He was at once taken
to the hospital tent, NJ. S. Holway, Esq
Milling the vacancy. DIR. Croker replaced
the injured organ, and applied the usual
remedies. The eye was not seriously injured.
Shortly after Baker's disaster, Mr.. OTIS, who
mad been assigned to the first base, also
Jailed TO hold the ball and it struck him on
the teeth, loosenng several OF them. But
despite his dental trouble, the plucky clerk
OF courts stuck te his post.
The lawyers were choked in the sixth To-
nings not scoring run.
In the seventh innings the business men
had walk-over and scored run afier run
with ease.
When the lawyers got to the bat their cour.
age was evidently entirely gone aud they did
not exert themselves much.
Umpire Manley
was one of the coolest men on the diamond.
He wore dark suit Of clothes and a black
at hal ,pfiip in,
hand.
Lewis Albert Burleigh did the scoring in a
very efficient manner. He was assisted by
Mr.. Berry.
The playing on both mines was excellent
considering that the players, many of them
had hardly seen base bail for years. The
business men owe their success to their bat
terry, which was really one Of much power.
Chases swift curves were too subtle for the
attorneys. On the other hand Lancaster's
drops were handily battled by the dickerers.
The lawyers
Doubted the Veracity
of their opponents altar the game and said
they were unfair. The understanding had
been that the pitcher should not throw that
he should deliver no curves; that no profess
sional players should be on the mines. The
BUSINESS ueu udu violated ali tDeSe pledges,
they said.
The game lasted from o'clock until 6 So,
n little less than three hours
The Togus band played at intervals and
kept up the courage OF the players.
The game vas very noticeable because OF
the large number of errors. The ball was in
the air much of the time or on the ground.
Tine players were as follows:
The illegal" nine: Edward Lawrence
Whitehouse, Stephen Symonds Lancaster.
Orville Dewey Baker, Winfield Scott Choate,
Lendall Titcomb, Leslie Colby Cornish, Her.
bert Milton Heath, Alonzo Caswell Otis,
Frank Edwin Southland, Treby johnson.
The business mems" nine: Wallace
Waterstone Morse, Frederick Waite Chase,
Greenwood Childe Flagg, Joshua Frank
Pierce, Ruel Williams Soule, Alonzo Henry
Chadbourne, George Hunt, Charles Mason
Hamin. Horace Cony, George Casey Lower
Mr.. Choate was captain of the legal men
and Lon Chadbourne of the dickerers.
One of the best players on the diamond
and the fastest runner was R. w. Soule.
The fair sex was well represented on the
grounds.
The umpire was presented with rusty
"hoss" pistol to defend himself against Capt
Choate, the kicker.
Several of the perspiring players were
sponged down.
Messrs. Titcomb and johnson were among
the heaviest hitters.